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Pompeii
in the news:
In
November 1997, there were major concerns about the state of Pompeii:
In
February 2000 came the announcement that there was going to be a new
dig to try to determine how the victims of Vesuvius died (cf. below
April 2001):
The
big news in May 2000 was the discovery of an ancient "five star
hotel" in Pompeii:
In
June 2000 a new book on Pompeii caught media attention in different
ways:
November
2000 brought news of restored frescoes from Pompeii:
In
December 2000, the media made much of the discovery of a 'gift to a
slave girl' found at Pompeii:
In
April, 2001 the big news was that recent excavations in Herculaneum
demonstrated that the victims of Vesuvius died as a result of
inhaling superheated gas, which challenges the long-standing view
that they died from suffocation (although I'm not quite sure of the
difference):
- "Vesuvius
victims 'died instantly'" (BBC, April 11, 2001)
- "Refugees
trying to find shelter from Vesuvius were fried by volcanic
ash" (Telegraph, April 12, 2001)
- "Science
uncovers secrets of past disasters" (Guardian,
April 12, 2001)
- "Vesuvius
refugees died instantly in beach shelters" (The Times
of London, April 12, 2001)
- "Clues
from Vesuvius" (New York Times, April 17, 2001)
May
2001 brought a brief item on elections in Pompeii:
In
July 2001, Pompeii again is in peril from the mafia:
If
you'd like to learn more about the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii
and Herculaneum, please visit the Atrium's "This Day in
Ancient History" feature on Vesuvius.
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| caveat
lector |
| Please
be aware that news links are perhaps the most ephemeral of all links
on the web; the above have been selected primarily because they seem
to be in long enduring forms (and there's some duplication).
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